City University of New York

News about City University of New York, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Feb. 27, 2015

Editorial asserts City University of New York's Accelerated Study in Associate Programs, which provide academic and financial support to community college students, may serve as national model for improving graduation rates; notes research showing program significantly improves both community college graduation rates and rates of subsequent enrollment in four-year colleges. MORE

Feb. 27, 2015

City University of New York Athletic Conference does not get much media attention as nonscholarship Division III league but, with all nine schools within five boroughs and 85 percent of players having grown up in city, it has distinct New York character; final in men’s basketball tournament, which is now in its 50th year, will be streamed on ESPN3 (Series: Not the Knicks). MORE

Feb. 19, 2014

Profile of James B Milliken, president of University of Nebraska, who is preparing to take over as chancellor of the City University of New York. MORE

Jan. 16, 2014

City University of New York chooses James B Milliken, president of University of Nebraska, to take over as its next leader; long-time administrator will take over system that is expanding but is troubled by large pockets of impoverished students. MORE

Nov. 11, 2013

For Love in the Projects, film written by Antonio Morales, is set in Puerto Rico’s largest public housing project, is being shown on three City University of New York campuses. MORE

Aug. 17, 2013

Trailside blog; City University of New York, hoping to turn its large and diverse student body into force at polls, is planning all-out effort to pester, needle and coax its students into voting. MORE

Aug. 14, 2013

City University of New York has given Coca Cola's main rival, Pepsi Cola, exclusive right to distribute nonalcoholic beverages on all 24 of its campuses; contract, CUNY’s first systemwide deal with a beverage company, calls for Pepsi to pay about $21 million over 10 years. MORE

Aug. 2, 2013

City University of New York television station, available in the five boroughs on cable since the 1980s, now also broadcasts over the air, with a signal reaching 35 miles; CUNY TV executive director Robert S Isaacson says the change has quadrupled the number of households that can receive its programs. MORE

Jul. 16, 2013

City University of New York announces that David H Petraeus has decided to take $1 in compensation as visiting professor; school faced criticism over his planned six-figure salary, with some faculty and politicians accusing CUNY administration of lying about specifics of contract with Petraeus. MORE

Jun. 25, 2013

Rudy Crew is named president of Medgar Edgars College, predominantly black college in City University of New York system; Crew ran public school systems in New York City and Miami, but was forced out of both amid political clashes. MORE

Jun. 15, 2013

Matthew Goldstein, who is stepping down as chancellor of the City University of New York, will receive full salary of $490,000 during his first year off as well as five months of unused sick time at same pay rate; Goldstein will then return to work for five years as chancellor emeritus at yearly salary of $300,000; some have taken issue with pay package, citing CUNY's financial struggles. MORE

Apr. 30, 2013

Manhattan's New Community College will be renamed for Stella and Charles Guttman, whose foundation is giving the school $15 million, one of the largest donations ever for a public two-year college. MORE

Apr. 24, 2013

David H Petraeus, who resigned as director of Central Intelligence Agency after having an extramarital affair with his biographer, will serve as visiting professor at the City University of New York next academic year. MORE

Apr. 21, 2013

Editorial praises Matthew Goldstein, chancellor of City University of New York, for saving institution, in light of his announcement that he will be retiring. MORE

Apr. 13, 2013

City University of New York chancellor Matthew Goldstein announces that he will step down in summer 2013 after 14 years in office; Goldstein oversaw expansion of CUNY and set out to raise its prestige with new honors college and other measures. MORE

Feb. 5, 2013

Tech-savvy students at Baruch College trying to gain an edge in signing up for spring semester classes create customized software that automatically and repeatedly checks for openings in sought-after classes, creating so much digital traffic that computer system for entire City University of New York nearly crashes; school has not yet settled on penalty for students involved but recognizes that no malicious intent was involved. MORE

Sep. 18, 2012

Curriculum changes proposed by City University of New York administrators for its Queensborough Community College campus are meeting strong resistance; changes are part of Pathways, a program that would enforce universitywide academic standards and allow CUNY students to transfer easily among its seven community colleges; Queensborough faculty members say university is exceeding its authority, and union has filed a lawsuit over the policy. MORE

Jul. 20, 2012

City University of New York is set to open a two-year college with newly designed structure and curriculum that it hopes will greatly improve students' chances of earning an associate degree and transferring to a four-year college; school is multimillion-dollar experiment in how to fix what ails community colleges. MORE

May. 23, 2012

Freshman classes enter the City University of New York's colleges with far better academic credentials and a different demographic more than a decade after the institution ended open admissions to its four-year colleges; the changes confirm predictions made during the debate over whether to end open admissions in 2000, when proponents predicted that the colleges would rise in status while opponents said black and Hispanic enrollment would fall. MORE

Mar. 9, 2012

Fund for Public Advocacy, a nonprofit arm of the office of New York City's public advocate, announces the 10 recipients of a new college scholarship for illegal immigrants, the first such program in New York State; first round of scholarships was open only to undergraduates in the City University of New York system. MORE

Nov. 29, 2011

City University trustees approve series of $300 annual tuition increases that will extend through 2015; students gather at Baruch College campus in Manhattan to protest. MORE

Nov. 22, 2011

Police arrest 15 City of New York students protesting planned tuition increase when they refuse to leave building at Baruch College in Manhattan where CUNY trustees are meeting. MORE

Oct. 24, 2011

Michael Winerip On Education; City University of New York has instituted a program offering intensive remedial instruction for reading, writing and math, offering students a chance to catch up with the peers at very low cost; Start program costs only $75. MORE

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